Date:         Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:48:45 +0000
Reply-To:     Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: anyone have a westy with this passenger side jumpseat/storage
              box??
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JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

In a message dated 11/14/02 3:55:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dave@sparkplug.com writes:

If you look closely, you can see an OEM VW jump seat/box/stool behind the
front passenger seat.

http://www.kadikiiss.com/wvw/

---snip---

damn...those are rare..  i've only ever seen one, in a 85 westy about 6 yrs
ago at a vw show..  its a storage box w/ padded lid, doubles as a impromptu
"jumpseat" mounts to floor w/ one bolt. (or 2, but i think its just one)  it
looks like the removeable floormount fridge used in the '85-'87 westy
weekenders, but its NOT a fridge, and the fridges didnt have a padded lid
either. the upholstry on the lid always matches the seats in the interior. i
think it was offered from 80-85 or so

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Chris -

My 83.5 spent the first couple of years in Germany with a Canadian Army
officer, and he picked up some accessories while he was there.  I still have
the side tent, Ringstar chains, Westfalia catalog and the box with padded
lid you are referring to,

Mine attaches to the back of the passenger seat with two leather straps
going through brackets screwed to the seat base.

Far as I can tell, it was designed as a porta-potti holder, but it makes a
handy storage box / footstool, if you don't mind giving up the floor space.

Doesn't fit my '87 since I put the Plat Cat in, and I'm using an awning
instead of the side tent, so I should probably take all of this stuff to a
swap meet next spring.

- Mike Finkbiner
'87 Westy
Moscow, Idaho

mike_l_f@hotmail.com



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